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Re: HxH MadHouse Anime Discussion! (Use Spoilers for safety...)

I'm glad to see that this episode ended up better than the last one. While I thought the cuts were tolerable after actually watching it, I would still have perferred a more accurate adaptation. Hopefully it will end up being a one time thing for this arc, where MadHouse condenses a ton of manga material into one episode to get to the juicy parts, like the Zepile episode from YorkNew.

One point of interest that this guy “Binolt” was introduced twice in the manga. First at the end of chapter 136, and the second is the current (137) and I didn’t get the point of that. One time was enough. Luckily, both adaptations fixed that by introducing him once. He didn’t name his ability in Madhouse’s adaptation.

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B!TCHSLAPPED!!

So THIS is how Kisame’s actor looks like without his shark costume and make-up!

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Gon points out in the manga that he and Killua were slowed down by three monsters. He didn’t point that out in the anime

Biscuit acted more girly when she got assaulted…

WOAH DUDE! KEEP THAT THING AWAY FROM THAT SPOT!!!

Binolt’s ability (Even though it’s supposed to be a Hatsu, the aura is white)

Here’s the confirmation of Biscuit’s age by an expert.

Not-so-naked Biscuit is as the manga. She was clothed in the OVA, but we saw her nude in the previous episode during the bubble horse scene (remember her age guys, remember…).

The guy sure loves his scissors compared to the manga

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Freddy Krueger vs Edward Scissorhands… not really…!

Nice try buddy!

In the manga, Binolt vomits a vast amount of blood after that blow. In Madhouse’s adaptation he vomits, well… vomit! In the OVA it was the radiated blood.

What did they see?

We see in the manga what she meant by the first time. This scene wasn’t in the OVA

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*Sigh*, this’ll take time…

Blue Planet (Not seen in the OVA till later)

Young Ging. The manga and OVA it was Netero in his place

The OVA didn’t show Biscuit demanding Binolt’s cards

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Okay, here’s an issue: Binolt’s teeth are inconsistent in this episode. They are sharp at some points and square at others.

Killua notes that he can’t use his new ability because he hasn’t tested it on people yet. This was left out of Madhouse’s adaptation with the exception of the need for charging up.

More of Gon’s new attack

The ripple effect here looks impressive!

Strangely, the rocks were made smaller in Madhouse’s adaptation

I just realized I haven’t made a pan shot yet!

Raw gems!

The Diamond & The Sapphire!

Now with Biscuit’s goal to find Blue Planet and relating the kids to gems, I wonder if she’s a Gem Hunter… Oh never mind, she’s officially titled as a Treasure Hunter according to the Hunter Wiki.
Also note the OVA is playing the opening theme in the background

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It was a trap!

Another pan shot (If you haven’t realized yet, I do like making these!)

Sneaky sneaky… It’s been like forever since we saw the Zetsu effect

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Binolt’s flashback. The broken scissors at the end was an addition by Madhouse. The OVA was still playing the song in the background and it didn’t fit the mood at all!

The second OVA series ends here.

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And now we get to the third and final Hunter x Hunter OVA series: G. I. Final. This time, the direction is by “Makoto Sato”. Let’s see how it’ll turn out to be.

Gon and Killua took a longer time in the manga to remember their Gyo training. This scene came during the trip instead of before in the OVA.

That’s 43 miles to you Americans and any others who use miles instead of meters

Onward to Masadora

And there it is!

Exploring the city got skipped over in Madhouse’s adaptation, but Biscuit’s new hair style didn’t show up till chapter 141

Sleeping and training at the same time

What do we know… a female character that cooks!

Daymn…!!

Shu

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This week’s Tutorial is “Blue Planet”

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The pacing of this episode was so much better than the rushed ones we just had. This is more I like it. The only rushed part was the trip to Masadora but nothing major.

On the censorship, c’mon guys… it’s episode 63 and you should know by this point how it’s done: If the injury is crucial to the plot, it remains. If not, it’ll get toned down.

One thing I’d like to mention is Chisa Yokoyama’s performance. I really like how when she talks normally you can hear an elder woman under that fake skin of her. She doesn’t have to keep her fake girly voice all the time and that impressed me.

Now for the OVA, I’m impressed to find it closer to the manga more than Madhouse. HxH fans used to say the Greed Island OVAs was a disaster and there a has been a lot of omitted scenes (some specifically say 14 chapter), but I didn’t find that true… unless they mean the second part of GI OVAs…

The only gripe I could have is the art style. And by ‘art style’ I don’t mean being digital coloring, no. That brightness is a plus and thank God they did that because the deteriorated films made the darkness unbearable and made the scenes unwatchable. What I meant by ‘art style’ was the face modeling. I didn’t like how they were done and especially in the last two episodes of OVA 2 and what looks like the majority of OVA 3. Lot of off-model faces.

But never the less, Yukihiro Matsushita’s direction was excellent compared to Furuhashi and Saga and stuck to the manga more than the two of them.

Re: HxH MadHouse Anime Discussion! (Use Spoilers for safety...)

I can understand why some of you criticize the series for it's fast pacing but I'm still enjoying this series so damn much. The anime may not be perfect but pretty close to it. If anything, it may lack some tidbits of information here and there but overall this is such an immense improvement to the old show. Awesome character depiction (I mean this is just how I imagined Killua, Gon, Hisoka and the rest to be. I LOVE THE CHARACTERS, seriously), fluent and excellent animation (which is super rare for such a long-running anime) and a pretty neat pace most of the time.

I know Madhouse is overdoing it sometimes but we shouldn't forget that this is a remake. I still remember all the guys complaining "wtf, I thought we would get the Chimera Ant Arc! I don't need a damn remake!" and look where we are now. Hunter x Hunter got an immense boost and a very active section thanks to the series and if I look back at all the past reactions, most of the fans scream in joy while watching the show. I never thought I would love the show this much too but I realize that I'm a hardcore fan nowadays. I have to hand it to Madhouse for pulling that off XD
Yes, it may not be perfect but we should be grateful for what we got. Such a high quality is not a given, especially not for a long running series and especially not for a remake. Heck, the series which get a remake are very limited anyway.
To me Yorkshin, Greed Island and the rest are an extra. A damn awesome extra but the Chimera Ant Arc is where the really juicy stuff starts and I can't wait to see what awesomeness Madhouse will create there!

Re: HxH MadHouse Anime Discussion! (Use Spoilers for safety...)

I think it's decent, all things considered. The tone of the song doesn't really complement the action-packed nature of Madhouse's opening footage, or the bright colors, but you did a pretty good job at making it match.

Re: HxH MadHouse Anime Discussion! (Use Spoilers for safety...)

in anime bisuke said that gin is one from the strongest 5 nen user
but in manga she said amongst nen users there arnt more than 5 people like
him in the entire world ...
so which is correct ... as by manga mean that gin is the strongest perosn in the world

Re: HxH MadHouse Anime Discussion! (Use Spoilers for safety...)

Originally Posted by hunted

in anime bisuke said that gin is one from the strongest 5 nen user
but in manga she said amongst nen users there arnt more than 5 people like
him in the entire world ...
so which is correct ... as by manga mean that gin is the strongest perosn in the world

According to Viz's translation, Ging is among the top five Nen useres in the world.